VII

Mr. Edway Tarnhorst felt fear, but no real surprise when the shadow in

the window of his suite in the Grand Central Hotel materialized into a

human being. But he couldn't help asking one question.

"How did you get there?" His voice was husky. "We're eighty floors

above the street."

"Try climbing asteroids for a while," said Commodore Sir Harry Morgan.

"You'll get used to it. That's why I knew Jack hadn't died

'accidentally'--he was murdered."

"You ... you're not carrying a gun," Tarnhorst said.

"Do I need one?"

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